U+2046 "⁆" Right Square Bracket with Quill Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2046 "⁆" Right Square Bracket with Quill is a typographic punctuation mark belonging to the General Punctuation block, visually resembling a decorative right square bracket with an ornate quill or flourish attached to its upper portion. Its design evokes a hand-drawn or medieval scribal aesthetic, and it is intended for use in specialized historical or calligraphic contexts, often serving as a paired closing delimiter with its counterpart U+2045 "⁅" Left Square Bracket with Quill. This character is considered a presentation form and is rarely used in modern digital text, instead appearing in niche publications, scholarly editions of ancient manuscripts, or artistic typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+2046
Version Added 1.1
Name Right Square Bracket with Quill
Block General Punctuation
General Category Close Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "⁅" U+2045 Left Square Bracket with Quill
Bidirectional Paired Bracket Type Close
Bidirectional Paired Bracket "⁅" U+2045 Left Square Bracket with Quill

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⁆
HTML Hex Encoding ⁆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x81 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2046
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002046
C/C++/Java Escape \u2046

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Close Punctuation
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Close